Paper for Groundwork Collaborative: full version here. Executive Summary As the country crests the most devastating wave yet of the…
California’s 2021-22 budget will have an enormous impact on the nature of California’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor’s…
How did the recession affect the more entrepreneurial functions of the local state? Economic development was one of few areas…
Update of my July data brief on the public sector impacts of COVID-19, with October data
This brief summarizes the Great Recession’s impact on public employment and the public sector job losses driven by the COVID-19…
Published May 14, 2020 as part of the UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Covid-19 Series: Resources, Data, and Analysis for California.…
“In every recession, it’s true that you’re losing revenue at the same time as you want to be able to…
To build support for a cause, activists frame issues in ways they think will resonate with the public. UC Berkeley…
Low pay for teachers has received significant national attention, but having a diverse teaching workforce is also critical for improving…
People who have been arrested, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated face many barriers to employment. While much of the…
Recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and extremely prolonged. It was tempting to conclude, at various points, that…
The Great Recession caused significant hardship for many U.S. families. Safety net programs—some of which were expanded during the recession…
The Great Recession devastated local labor markets and the national economy. Ten years later, Berkeley researchers are finding many of…
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME in favor of the plaintiff, a local government worker who…
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is now the primary anti-poverty program in the U.S., but it has not kept…
Detroit is the urban question America has been asking itself for decades. Over the past century, the city has symbolized…
#MeToo and #TimesUp protests about the treatment of women in the workplace have brought renewed attention to gender pay equity.…
Across the world’s most industrialized economies, the financial crisis of 2007 caused a contraction of state budgets and stimulated attempts…
The Great Recession unleashed a wave of fiscal stress in the USA, with austerity measures such as spending cuts, service…
The Great Recession officially ended in the United States in 2009, but the implications for city governments continue to unfold. Austerity measures implemented by…
Sara Hinkley and Fiona Hsu Executive Summary An analysis of 122 audits of state economic development programs in 44 states…
A Grassroots Guide to Investigating Development Subsidies with Greg LeRoy Since No More Candy Store was published in 1994, the…